Hotel meeting ends with armed robbery

STOCKTON - A 31-year-old man was robbed at gunpoint Wednesday in his east Stockton hotel room after being set up by a woman who befriended him over a period of several days, authorities said.

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STOCKTON - A 31-year-old man was robbed at gunpoint Wednesday in his east Stockton hotel room after being set up by a woman who befriended him over a period of several days, authorities said.

San Joaquin County sheriff's deputies were dispatched about 1:45 a.m. Wednesday following an armed robbery at the California Inn in the 4100 block of Waterloo Road, authorities said. The victim told deputies he was in his room with a woman who had become an acquaintance during his five-day hotel stay when a man came to the door and the woman let him into the room.

The man pulled out a handgun, ordered the victim to remove his pants and instructed him to go into the bathroom, authorities said. The man and woman then left the room with the victim's luggage, backpack, laptop computer, cellphone, pants and a wallet containing his identification, credit cards and $100 in cash, deputies said.

The victim described the woman as Latina, 20 to 30 years old, 5 feet 6 inches tall and 160 pounds with dark brown hair, brown eyes, freckles on her cheeks, blue jeans and a dark-colored jacket, authorities said. The male robber was described as a black man standing 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighing 160 pounds with a shaved head, dark hair and a black hooded sweatshirt, deputies said.